Ruth Storm

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Maine II

written by Ian on December 21, 2018

Corea has become a lively community of intellectuals & artists. Marsden Hartley is in residence & appears in this reel. Mabel & Ruth have bought adjoining lots on the water; Ruth is having a cabin built. Two local young women, Louise Z. Young and Miriam Colwell, have become warm friends with Ruth, Chennie, and Mabel. Romance is in the air.

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Date Range: 1940-1942
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Description: Corea has become a lively community of intellectuals & artists. Marsden Hartley is in residence & appears in this reel. Mabel & Ruth have bought adjoining lots on the water; Ruth is having a cabin built. Two local young women, Louise Z. Young and Miriam Colwell, have become warm friends with Ruth, Chennie, and Mabel. Romance is in the air.
Biographical/Historical Note: In 1941 Louise Z Young first photographed Marsden Hartley as part of her work at Bachrach in Bangor, ME. She was 22. Hartley hated the photograph but they became friends and she often drove him around Maine. When he saw a vista that interested him, he'd tell her to stop. He'd gaze for as long as he wanted, then tell him to drive him back to his studio. [Cite Mimi Colwell on this story. find original interview, could be mine, could be Smithsonian's.] Hartley painted some of his most important paintings from 1941-1943 when he died, including important portraits of Mt Katahdin 1941, 1942; Pine Point Way, Old Orchard Beach, 1943.
Corea Church, 1942; Log Jam Penobscot Bay 1940-41; Log Jam (Up Millinocket Way), 1938-1940; and his Schoodic Evening Storm paintings. Hartley died in 1943. [Cite Met & Colby shows.] Many years later, Louise and her lifetime partner Jean Squittierri bought his studio and turned it into their summer home.
Genres: Amateur Films
Subjects: Maine, Lesbian, Dowsing, Lumberyard, Northeast Airlines
Places: Tunk Lake, Maine; Big Chief Indian Camp, Maine; Trenton, Maine
Creators: Ruth Huntington Storm (1888-1981)
Collaborators & Participants: Almeda "Meda" Benoit (1910-2007)
Miriam Colwell (1917-2014)
Dora Gage
Mabel Griffin (1891-1942)
Chenoweth Hall (1908-1999)
Marsden Hartley (1877-1943)
Mabel Griffin (1891-1942)
John Lord
Jean Oser (1908-2002)
Elizabeth P. Storm
Ruth Huntington Storm (1888-1981)
Suzie Thompson
Louise Z. Young (1919-2004)
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Rights: Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) holds all rights.
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Preferred Citation: "Maine II," Reel 2, Ruth Storm Collection, Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP).